Class 5 GK Worksheet: Indian Dances and Art
Remember (Dance and its home): Classical: Kathak – Uttar Pradesh, Bharatanatyam – Tamil Nadu, Kathakali and Mohiniyattam – Kerala, Kuchipudi – Andhra Pradesh, Odissi – Odisha, Manipuri – Manipur, Sattriya – Assam. Folk: Bhangra and Giddha – Punjab, Garba and Dandiya Raas – Gujarat, Bihu – Assam, Lavani – Maharashtra, Ghoomar – Rajasthan, Yakshagana – Karnataka. Painting: Madhubani – Bihar, Warli – Maharashtra, Gond – Madhya Pradesh, Tanjore – Tamil Nadu, Kalighat – West Bengal, Phad – Rajasthan.
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- 1.🎨 Which state does Phad painting come from? (a) Rajasthan (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) West Bengal (d) Bihar
- 2.Which painting style comes from Maharashtra? (a) Madhubani painting (b) Kalighat painting (c) Gond painting (d) Warli painting
- 3.Which classical dance comes from Manipur? (a) Odissi (b) Mohiniyattam (c) Bharatanatyam (d) Manipuri
- 4.🎭 Is Kathak a classical dance or a folk dance? (a) folk (b) classical
- 5.🪔 A diya is a small lamp usually made of ___. (a) clay (b) glass (c) paper (d) plastic
- 6.Which folk dance comes from Maharashtra? (a) Bhangra (b) Bihu (c) Lavani (d) Garba
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Dandiya Raas (b) Ghoomar (c) Mohiniyattam (d) Bhangra
- 8.🥁 Which state does the folk dance Yakshagana come from? (a) Gujarat (b) Punjab (c) Karnataka (d) Rajasthan
- 9.💃 Which state does the classical dance Kathak come from? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Kerala (c) Manipur (d) Odisha
- 10.Which painting style comes from Bihar? (a) Kalighat painting (b) Phad painting (c) Warli painting (d) Madhubani painting
- 11.Which painting style comes from Tamil Nadu? (a) Phad painting (b) Gond painting (c) Tanjore painting (d) Warli painting
- 12.Which classical dance comes from Assam? (a) Kathakali (b) Manipuri (c) Sattriya (d) Bharatanatyam
- 13.Which folk dance comes from Assam? (a) Yakshagana (b) Giddha (c) Bhangra (d) Bihu
- 14.True or false: the classical dance Kathakali comes from Assam. (a) True (b) False
- 15.💃 Which state does the classical dance Odissi come from? (a) Assam (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Odisha (d) Uttar Pradesh
- 16.🎨 Which state does Warli painting come from? (a) Maharashtra (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) West Bengal (d) Tamil Nadu
- 17.🥁 Which state does the folk dance Dandiya Raas come from? (a) Gujarat (b) Maharashtra (c) Punjab (d) Rajasthan
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Sattriya (b) Lavani (c) Odissi (d) Kathak
- 19.💃 Which state does the classical dance Kathakali come from? (a) Kerala (b) Assam (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Uttar Pradesh
- 20.💃 Which state does the classical dance Mohiniyattam come from? (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Odisha (d) Kerala
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Garba (b) Dandiya Raas (c) Kathakali (d) Lavani
- 22.🥁 Which state does the folk dance Giddha come from? (a) Maharashtra (b) Assam (c) Rajasthan (d) Punjab
- 23.Which classical dance comes from Uttar Pradesh? (a) Kathak (b) Bharatanatyam (c) Kathakali (d) Odissi
- 24.True or false: the classical dance Manipuri comes from Manipur. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🎭 Is Bharatanatyam a classical dance or a folk dance? (a) folk (b) classical
- 26.True or false: the classical dance Mohiniyattam comes from Odisha. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: the classical dance Sattriya comes from Assam. (a) False (b) True
- 28.Which classical dance comes from Odisha? (a) Bharatanatyam (b) Kathakali (c) Sattriya (d) Odissi
- 29.🎭 Which classical dance from Kerala is a dance-drama with green-painted faces? (a) Kathak (b) Kathakali (c) Manipuri (d) Odissi
- 30.Which folk dance comes from Gujarat? (a) Giddha (b) Lavani (c) Bihu (d) Garba
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Bhangra (b) Giddha (c) Kathak (d) Lavani
- 32.True or false: the classical dance Mohiniyattam comes from Kerala. (a) True (b) False
- 33.Which painting style comes from Rajasthan? (a) Madhubani painting (b) Warli painting (c) Phad painting (d) Gond painting
- 34.True or false: the classical dance Kathak comes from Andhra Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: the classical dance Manipuri comes from Assam. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🎨 Which state does Gond painting come from? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Rajasthan (d) Maharashtra
- 37.🎨 Which state does Madhubani painting come from? (a) Bihar (b) Maharashtra (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Madhya Pradesh
- 38.Which classical dance comes from Tamil Nadu? (a) Kuchipudi (b) Bharatanatyam (c) Sattriya (d) Manipuri
- 39.🎭 Is Bhangra a classical dance or a folk dance? (a) folk (b) classical
- 40.Which classical dance comes from Andhra Pradesh? (a) Manipuri (b) Sattriya (c) Mohiniyattam (d) Kuchipudi
Answer key
- Rajasthan
- Warli painting
- Manipuri
- classical
- clay
- Lavani
- Mohiniyattam
- Karnataka
- Uttar Pradesh
- Madhubani painting
- Tanjore painting
- Sattriya
- Bihu
- False
- Odisha
- Maharashtra
- Gujarat
- Lavani
- Kerala
- Kerala
- Kathakali
- Punjab
- Kathak
- True
- classical
- False
- True
- Odissi
- Kathakali
- Garba
- Kathak
- True
- Phad painting
- False
- False
- Madhya Pradesh
- Bihar
- Bharatanatyam
- folk
- Kuchipudi
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